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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Jul 2019
Decriminalisation of Abortion

"I sense that the Minister is genuinely trying to help. There is some irony in that we have been trying for so long to amend legislation in Northern Ireland to reflect what we have here, but now it has gone the other way—in the absence of any Executive, with the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 11 Jun 2019
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG: Funding Pressures

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG funding pressures.

I start by thanking the Backbench Business Committee for granting me this short debate and you, Mr Hollobone, for chairing it. I also thank the Minister for his time.

I represent South Cambridgeshire, which is …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 11 Jun 2019
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG: Funding Pressures

"The hon. Gentleman, who is my neighbour, is absolutely right. Everyone knows that Cambridge and the surrounding region are growing, yet somehow we are expected to manage on less and less money every year.

Let us bring some colour and real life to the situation. The provision of in vitro …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 11 Jun 2019
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG: Funding Pressures

"Am I allowed to intervene?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 11 Jun 2019
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG: Funding Pressures

"Thank you, Mr Hollobone. Forgive me—I have not led a Westminster Hall debate before. I accept all that the Minister has said, and it is a difficult matter, but the statistics are flawed. The Minister said that he accepts that the growth is 0.6% above the England average; the Office …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 11 Jun 2019
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG: Funding Pressures

"Forgive me if I am mistaken, but I thought I heard the Minister agree that the growth was in fact 0.6% above the England average. If it is, why on earth are we working on the ONS figures that it is 0.1% below the England average?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 11 Jun 2019
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG: Funding Pressures

"I appreciate the sincerity, and my CCG knows that NHS England intends to improve the formula to make it more representative. However, a question remains, and it is the same question that the hon. Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner) referred to regarding education: what happens in the meantime? Our CCG …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 11 Jun 2019
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG: Funding Pressures

"While the Minister’s inspiration is working diligently on the back row behind him, may I ask to be included in that? If we do not have time now, perhaps the Minister could come back to us. He is right that some additional funding has been provided to the CCG, but …..."
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Written Question
Ocrelizumab
Friday 17th May 2019

Asked by: Heidi Allen (Liberal Democrat - South Cambridgeshire)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the (a) negotiations for NHS access to and (b) appraisal of Ocrelizumab as a treatment for primary progressive MS.

Answered by Seema Kennedy

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based guidance for the National Health Service on whether drugs and other treatments represent an effective use of NHS resources.

NICE is currently developing technology appraisal guidance on the use of ocrelizumab for treating primary progressive multiple sclerosis, with final guidance expected in June 2019. NHS England and Roche have now reached a commercial agreement and on 9 May NICE published final draft guidance which recommended ocrelizumab within its marketing authorisation, as an option for treating early primary progressive multiple sclerosis with imaging features characteristic of inflammatory activity in adults. Ocrelizumab will now be routinely available for eligible adults.

Written Question
Clinical Commissioning Groups
Tuesday 16th April 2019

Asked by: Heidi Allen (Liberal Democrat - South Cambridgeshire)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to support Care Commissioning Groups that experience a disproportionate level of population growth.

Answered by Stephen Hammond

NHS England is responsible for decisions on the weighted capitation formula used to allocate resources between clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). This process is independent of Government. NHS England take advice from the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (ACRA), a group of academics and other experts.

ACRA has recommended a new approach to health inequalities which was reflected in the CCG allocations published on 10 January 2019.

Population figures for all programme allocations are based on general practitioner registered list sizes, as they have been since 2013-14. Increases for future years are based on the Office for National Statistics estimates of population trends for resident populations, which is the only consistent and robust national data set available to use for this purpose.

Full details of the CCG allocations announcements for 2019-20 to 2023-24 can be found at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/allocations/